All sold to you as a good thing.
It's the TEMPLATE for the North American Union.
"Europeans closer to being borderless; Many of region's internal border posts removed" by Christian Retzlaff and Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times | December 21, 2007
BERLIN - Europe edged a step closer to full integration today with the removal of many of the region's last internal border posts. The expansion across most of Europe of the "Schengen zone," is a move toward the long-held goal of many European leaders of a borderless Europe.
That brings a total of 400 million Europeans into the border-free zone. Britain and Ireland, two EU members that opted out of the "Schengen zone," say they prefer to keep control of their own borders.
As an American, so would I!
Nations in the Schengen zone have access to a computerized network that alerts them when someone has been refused entrance. A major new upgrade of the system is scheduled to be completed next year.
2008, folks! Globalists making their move!
Officials in the nine new member states say they have completed a rigorous, $1.4 billion upgrade of their border controls that includes new fencing, patrol vehicles, computer systems, personnel and training.
Sig Heil!
"Russia signs deal for Asian pipeline; Plans to convey natural gas along Caspian Sea" by Judy Dempsey, International Herald Tribune | December 21, 2007
BERLIN - Desperate to meet growing domestic and European demand, Russia signed a major deal yesterday with the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a natural gas pipeline along the Caspian Sea, a move that could strengthen Russia's monopoly on energy exports from this region, analysts said.
That's not going to make western corporations happy at all!
Russia supplies over a quarter of Europe's gas needs; several East European countries are almost completely dependent on Russia for natural gas.
Don't make 'em mad then.
Gazprom, Russia's state-owned energy monopoly, has had to seek new and expensive suppliers, mostly in Central Asia, to fulfill its export contracts in Europe while supplying the domestic market, which has rapidly expanded because of the surge in consumer spending and economic growth.
Rich in energy resources, both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have been wooed by Russia, the United States and the European Union, all of them competing to obtain access to the region's gas fields.
Looks like Russia just got the inside track!
The United States has been trying to persuade Central Asian nations to build a pipeline under the Caspian Sea, bypassing Russia and Iran. But that proposed trans-Caspian pipeline has been held up by a dispute over the status of the Caspian Sea among the countries that border it, including Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia.
The EU has been trying to reduce its dependence on Russian gas by diversifying its suppliers and its routes, mainly via the Caspian Sea through building the Nabucco gas pipeline, the EU's most ambitious infrastructure project.
Yup, Globalists SECURING the energy supplies!
That project envisions Europe receiving gas through a pipeline stretching about 2,000 miles, from Turkey through the Balkans and Central Europe into Austria. Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Iran, which hold the largest reserves, would feed gas into the pipeline.
If Europe keeps treating the Iranians like they are, with the U.S. sanctions, then WHY WOULD IRAN want to sell gas to them?
Must be AFTER the REGIME CHANGE, huh?
Some analysts said the new deal could undermine the EU's ambitions."
Which means WAR with RUSSIA, right?
And CUI BONO, readers?
